Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Odd]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Odd wrote:
> 
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>> Odd wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>>>> but Linux really has no market share.  RedHat does, and the several
>>>>> other commercial variants but Linux /as Linux/, no.
>>>> That's your opinion, not a fact. I consider every Linux distro "Linux".
>>>> Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu. They're all Linux.
>>> Don't be silly - most Linux distros can't have market share, because they
>>> aren't _sold_.  This is why your basic argument makes no sense.
>> Don't be silly. You know what I mean.
> 
> I only know what you mean if you admit to knowing what Cybe meant.

I know what Cybe meant.

> It 
> wasn't his "opinion", it was indisputable fact, and it's key to the whole 
> ridiculous idea you have that "Linux" (which as a monolithic entity does not 
> and can not exist)

If we're being pedantic: Linux is an entity. It's a kernel.

> has any possibility of "market share" or being "successful".

We established earlier in the discussion, and I admitted, that
what I really meant was "user-base", not "market share". Do
you have a problem with that too?

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Odd